David Leeder has over twenty years of top-level experience in the bus and rail sectors as director, CEO, transport planner and economist. He was CEO of the UK’s largest regional bus network outside London – West Midlands Travel, Managing Director of the UK Bus Division of First Group plc and Executive and Main Board Director at National Express Group and First Group respectively. He has considerable experience outside the UK, identifying and leading rail and bus deals in the UK, EU (Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Sweden and Denmark), Turkey and North America. He was Chairman of Altram LRT – the PPP company that designed, built and operated Midland Metro Line 1. He has advised the UK Department of Transport across the full range of UK transport policy, including rail, from 1999-2011, and has been a Director of the holding companies for the majority of the UK’s train operating companies, as well as bus and rail operations in Europe, North America and Australia, as well as GB Railfreight. As a strategy advisor, David Leeder has provided high-level advice and analysis to a variety of global listed companies, banks, governments, infrastructure funds, and private equity investors in relation to strategy and investment in transport, supporting deals in the UK, EU, Turkey, the Middle East and USA. Notable projects include: – the sale of a UK rail rolling stock portfolio to a global infrastructure fund – the privatisation of UK HIgh Speed 1 Rail – the sale of an Asian express bus network to a private equity fund – the sale of a US bus group to a private equity fund – the sale of an EU bus company to a private equity fund – the technology and economics of electric bus transition, batteries, operations and assets finance – the funding of electric bus assets [buses, charging equipment and batteries] in the UK – the regulation of ride share apps in the Middle East – due diligence advisor on sale of an EU bus company to an infrastructure fund David Leeder is a Past President of the UK bus industry trade association The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), a past Vice-Chairman of the Department for Transport’s strategic advisory group – the Commission for Integrated Transport (1999-2010).

Ben Ross is a Human Experience Engineer. As an Urban Geographer, Ben has been at the forefront for improving the human experience in transit, urban design and spatial planning for Southern Auckland since 2010. From large projects like Our Manukau and Airport to Botany Rapid Transit to smaller place-making projects, Ben has been successful, through building effective relationships with decision/policy makers, advocates and those who dream of wanting their urban area to be one of a human experience, not a human drama. Ben along with Rob Mayo and Nicholas Lee are cOlab and Associates Limited – bringing Human Experience Engineering to all aspects of Transit CX/UX, Urban Design, and Spatial Planning.

Nicholas is a Human Experience Strategist. He has thirty-eight years’ experience living and working in Asia-Pacific – China, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand. Twenty years’ experience living and working in Europe – UK, Croatia, Hungary, Austria. He has a strong focus on supply chain, operations, and how cities work. Nicholas along with Ben Ross and Rob Mayo, are cOlab and Associates Limited – bringing Human Experience Engineering to all aspects of Transit CX/UX, Urban Design, and Spatial Planning.

Rob Mayo is the Director of cOlab . He is a Human Experience Engineer with forty years experience living and working in the Asia-Pacific region – deep knowledge of multicultural marketing, communications, customer service/customer experience/customer loyalty and product/service delivery. He is a specialist in transit service provision and transit-oriented development. Rob along with Ben Ross and Nicholas Lee, are cOlab and Associates Limited – bringing Human Experience Engineering to all aspects of Transit CX/UX, Urban Design, and Spatial Planning.

Alok is responsible for spearheading all the business development and delivery of the projects at Trans-consult. With nearly 30 years of experience in the industry, he has worked with a variety of international consultants and leading transport operators including the MTR Corporation and The Kowloon Motor Bus. Alok is civil engineer and holds post-graduate degrees in transportation engineering and management. He is an international expert trainer for the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and a Fellow of Civic Exchange, a Hong Kong based non-profit independent think tank. He regularly teaches at the University of Hong Kong and serves as a Member in Transport Policy Committee of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong. He has several publications to his credit, including contribution to a book on best practices in railways operations and management.

Aswin is the Associate Director in Transport Planning & Technology at Trublu consulting. Aswin is an experienced Transportation Consultant specialised in Transport Planning, Traffic Engineering and Intelligent Transport Systems. He has more than 13 years’ experience working on policy, planning, design and implementation of transportation systems for the Road Transport Infrastructure industry. His experience spans across projects involving Transportation Assessments, Roads and Parking Design, Freight Policy Development, ITS Design & Implementation and Project Management. Aswin holds a Masters degree from the University of Leeds and he has previously worked with acclaimed International Consultants like Hyder Consulting, MVA, Ramboll and AECOM. Aswin is an accredited Professional Engineer by Engineers Australia, and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Highways and Transportation.

Dr. Amit Shekhar is the founder and CEO, iGloble Software Solutions. A Visionary IT Transformation Leader with over 25 years of experience to transform organizations to achieve competitive advantage and efficient operations. Speaker for IT transformation, Internet of Things (IoT), Predictive Analytics, and Supply Chain Optimization across Management Schools such as IIT and IIMs and Conferences across the globe. Proficient in strategic business planning, infrastructure planning, operations management, large scale implementations (multi-million) at Fortune 500 companies, Digital Transformation, IT Outsourcing, product development/management, quality & customer satisfaction, employee development, and P&L.

As a Chartered Engineer with a degree in Automotive Engineering and having been based in Hong Kong for over 15 years, Paul is a passionate advocate of environmentally friendly mobility with over 30 years automotive industry experience. Previous employment roles have been with global companies such as Bedford, Goodyear, Leyland Trucks, GDEV as well as Alexander Dennis and its predecessor companies. His experience has included a variety of senior management roles such as New Product Introduction, R&D and Head of Engineering and has personally conceived, championed and overseen the successful launch of many ground-breaking products using new energy technologies in a number of global markets. Now working as an independent consultant Paul has focused on facilitating introduction of e-vehicles within a variety of markets including Hong Kong, SE Asia, India and of course Europe.

Louis is an expert in mediation & negotiation, crowd psychology & management and Internal security, he trains disciplined forces, private security services and civilian organisations in the art of using crowd psychology and negotiation when carrying out Crowd management duties. Louis assists teams in clearly defining their “mission” thus formulating appropriate plans to achieve their objectives, he helps teams to understand their own and the crowd’s thinking & emotion in order to pre-empt developing crowd situations and to de-escalate potential conflicts, thus minimising the need to use escalating tactics. Louis’ latest clients include the Qatar Police as Qatar prepares to host the football World Cup in 2022.

Dr. Lin is a technical executive, an entrepreneur, and a researcher. Dr. Lin is working on several technologies related to connected mobility and Industry IoT, including trusted services, data processing services, and OTA services. Dr. Lin was a VP of Engineering at Movimento Group which was acquired by Aptiv (former Delphi Automotive) providing OTA for connected mobility. Dr. Lin started working on Industry IoT from the beginning of 2000 and created SAP’s first Industry IoT product. Dr. Lin held several senior leadership roles at SAP, Silicon Graphics, Amitive, RingDNA, DigitNexus, PARC Research, and CSIRO. He holds 15 U.S. patents and has published more than 50 articles and papers.

Atul is a self-made entrepreneur and a metallurgical engineer. He is an expert in business strategy, financial analyses and process engineering. He also oversees and manages the India offices.

A political science graduate with a postgraduate degree in Urban Planning and a doctorate in Urban Economics, Priyanka is an expert in policy studies and economic research. She also manages the finance and administration at Trans-consult.